IMAST facilitates the birth and growth of a stable cooperative system between the Italian research institutions and the most important industrial companies for the development and dissemination of advanced technologies.

Acting as an intermediate organization in innovation processes and fostering links between scientific research and national small, medium and large enterprises, IMAST designs and develops the connections between the two worlds, emphasizing its mission of territorial animation, fostering partnerships, providing resources and skills, with the aim of orienting and qualifying the trajectory of technological development.